Weekly Big Five Sightings 10-16 August 2026

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Monday, 10 August 2026

(22°C)

  • Tiyani, the female leopard chased Mahlowasi, the female leopard of a bush buck kill at Ntoma crossing.
  • Timbavati, the male leopard was mating with an unknown female leopard at Hardekoel Open.
  • Tiyani, the female leopard feeding on an impala kill north of Guarri Central.
  • The seven Kambula Break away lions, feeding on wildebeest kill at Tamboti drinks stop.

Tuesday, 11 August 2026

(20°C)

  • Tortoise Pan, the male leopard stole a kill from Tiyani, the female leopard north of Guarri Central.
  • A breeding herd of ten elephants, feeding along A-main at the junction of Milkberry.
  • The seven Kambula Breakaway lions, crossed MMM going West from Hoffman’s Drift.
  • A pack of seven wild dogs, mobile south from Pungwe Pan.

Wednesday, 12 August 2026

(20°C)

  • One Ndzenga male lion and one Imbali lioness, resting at a den site with an unknown amount of cubs west of Lion Cage Road.
  • The two Plains Camp male lion, mobile North from Big Dam.
  • The two cubs of Xidulu, the female leopard resting on MMM at the transformer.

Thursday, 13 August 2026

(18°C)

  • The two cubs of Xidulu, the female leopard resting on MMM at the transformer.
  • Tiyani, the female leopard mobile north from 16th

 

Friday, 14 August 2026

(22°C)

  • A breeding herd of four elephants, mobile south from Simba Dam.
  • The two cubs of Xidulu, the female leopard resting on MMM at the transformer.
  • Xidulu, the female leopard resting at Xigodi Pan.
  • A breeding herd of one hundred buffalo, mobile east from Rocky road.

 

Saturday, 15 August 2026

(25°C)

  • Hlambela, the male leopard feeding on an impala kill on Sixes Road.
  • A breeding herd of two hundred buffalo mobile north from Star Chestnut open.
  • Tortoise pan, the male leopard resting at the junction of Kudu Drift and Leopard Drift.
  • Seven Nkuhuma lioness and ten cubs with one Ndzenga male lion, resting north of Gowrie Dam.

Sunday, 16 August 2026

(25°C)

  • The six Torchwood male lions, mobile north from Big Dam to the Manyeleti Boundary.
  • A breeding herd of fifty buffalo, resting at Pungwe Pan.
  • A breeding herd of two hundred buffalo, feeding at Elephant Plains Open area.
  • Mahlowasi, the female leopard feeding on a Egyptian goose on the Island.

 

 

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